Saturday, April 10, 2010

Making Hand Cream

For at least a year, I have carried a copy of the ingredients needed to make homemade cream. I wish I remembered the original blog I copied it from, but just can't remember. Recently, Judy at Patchwork Times blogged about making her own homemade lotion. It was the same recipe that I had in my purse. Judy mentioned purchasing her Vitamin E cream at a Dollar General Store. The dollar store near my home is a Dollar Tree. Each dollar store carries different merchandise so I didn't even bother to look at the one that is convenient for me. Very near my brother's home in Baton Rouge, there was a Dollar General. One evening after visiting with my Dad, I stopped and purchased the items that I needed to make the hand cream. This morning, I whipped up a batch. I emptied all the ingredients into a mixer, then put it into two containers. I'll have to use my homemade lotion for a time to see if it's worth the effort. I probably should have purchased Johnson's baby lotion and Vaseline petroleum jelly. Here is the recipe for the Homemade Hand Cream:

Homemade Hand Cream:

16 oz. baby lotion
8 oz. Vaseline
8 oz. Vitamin E Cream

(I have a photo of the finished product, but Blogger is doing something different this evening. Maybe, I can get it to load tomorrow)

I received two jars of this lotion from my daughter who made it with her mother-in-law down in Branson, and it is wonderful. It really makes my feet soft, better than anything else I have tried, in just one night. It smells terrific and it is pink and pretty. I love it.

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I am a wife, mother, and recenlty retired elementary school media specialist (librarian) with a passion for quilting, books, food and dogs! We are blessed with two sons and one dachshund. I live in a suburb north of Atlanta. My husband and I are Cajuns from Louisiana. We love LSU football!